We live in a small woods that has a lot of black walnut trees. They seem to cycle every other year with a crop of nuts. When the summers are harsh like this year, they may skip an extra year to save water. Ours look pretty bad, the last part of the summer has been scorching here, and nothing is doing very well. I'm allergic to tree nuts, but I do use the cast offs from the wildlife to make fun stamps. (Washed a little first)
Hubby wants to make walnut stain for furniture, I think that would be neat to have a couple pieces in the house made from our own trees. :)